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Will security paranoia kill wireless health IT?

Will security paranoia kill wireless health IT?Guaranteed QoS?What's he smoking?The #1 cause of poor data transmission is distance from a base station, whether it be WiFi, cell tower, or anything else. The #2 and #3 causes are the same; it's not until you get to page 2 or page...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Wi-Fi, wireless health, security paranoia, health care, wireless, security, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

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Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near you

X-ray screening is badHow about we just have everyone strip naked and pass all our cloths and carry-ons through the scanner instead? There's no such thing as privacy in the Nazi-run American airports anyway.RE: Human x-ray machines: Coming soon to an airport near youI'm just going to ask for...

Tags: Infirmary, Human x-ray machine, X-ray

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak

Weak Passwords suckUntil about 4 years ago my organization had no restrictions on passwords. Our students got their birthdays or their phone numbers as passwords and our staff could choose whatever they wanted. Most common staff password was 1234. Well after years of security breaches and administration...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, phishing, password, weak password

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Google Chrome update doesn't remove older, vulnerable version

But how would an attacker cause the vulnerable code to execute?Frankly, this seems to be a minor issue. If you are launching Chrome you will launch the latest version. The older version is just cruft. I don't see any scenario where you inadvertently or an attacker can execute the older...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, IE8, Chrome, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The Linux botweb story that wasn't ...

One of the things that always confused me...If you can access the source code to Linux, then wouldn't it be possible to crack a password, and then alter the compromised system's source code to suit the hacker's needs?That doesn't seem to secure to me...The short answer is yes.But in reality...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, source code, password, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

News to know: Bing; Windows; HP; RIM; ZuiTUbe; CD sales; Wimax

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Ed Bott: XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., CD, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, E-mail, WiMAX, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-08-19

News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Paul Greenberg: Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Will security paranoia kill wireless health IT?

Frost & Sullivan's wireless analysts can come up with all the scary scenarios they want, but where is the real danger? The danger is you're raising the cost of care. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Security, Danger, Information Technology, Health Care, Wireless, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Transparency buried beneath ash heap. Wallboard the fix?

There are apparently 44 coal ash heaps that endanger human lives in the U.S. That's the EPA's conclusion. And those 44 sites will remain secret because you or some other terrorist might unleash a deadly ash flow through the coal-burning communities of the U.S. I blogged...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Coal Ash, Turnabout, Vertical Industries, Homeland Security, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-14

Free AV from Microsoft: It's about time

Free AV from Microsoft: It's about timeNo thank you"Morro will work by routing all of a users Internet traffic to a Microsoft datacenter"Umm, no. There are way too many privacy implications here.thats scary i know Microsoft will say how safe and Anonymous this would be, but currently I already...

Tags: Rootkits, Data centers, AVG, Microsoft Corp., Free AV, Morro, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Five IT security pet peeves

Five IT security pet peevesI feel your pain.I've offered and encouraged people I correspond with to use PGP or some variant thereof many times over the years. Despite its being so easy to use, with plugins for just about every popular mail client, no one will. I think...

Tags: Strategy, security, IT security, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Re: Re: Winning the Battle but Losing the War

Larry Dignan wrote here about the reality that Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 & 7 are the official, formal web browsers for 78% of companies, a figure arrived at by Forrester research. The simple reason for this is basically security and software compatibility. Many...

Tags: Firewall, Collaboration, Information Technology, IT Department Budget, Strategy, E-mail, Security, Management, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Obama's 100-day tech review

Obama's 100-day tech reviewWaiting on ....Well, I know one thing wait till the 2010 elections, we will see how wonderful it is when auto-makers are producing Yugo's and electricity has a 25% tax on it to pay for the 'free' healthcare for people WHO don't work...IF the country is around...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, NOW IT, Obama, tax

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Friday Rant - Conficker worm hype

Friday Rant - Conficker worm hypeHey...come on now......Chicken Little has made a pretty good living with this tactic...what's your problem? ;-)RE: Friday Rant - Conficker worm hypeI agree with you, my boss watched CNN and came in afraid to go online, I even had to run scans again on...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Conficker Worm, Friday Rant, worm, paranoia, Y2K, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

Wood, Arrows, and motivation

Wood, Arrows, and motivationPut a fork in itForking doesn't come from some altruistic view that change/competition is good, it comes from purposely trying to break your competitor and make something proprietary. OpenBSD was started because NetBSD threw out Theo de Raadt (hmm, don't call it an OPEN community). Has Linus...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, motivation, Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

Legislator wants to smudge online maps

Legislator wants to smudge online mapsBlurry bitsIf they did blur some of the map bits. I wonder how long it would be before somebody noticed that all the blurry bits looked a lot like little targets that were already identified and then of course the images would have to be...

Tags: online map, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Has Social 2.0 become too powerful?

Has Social 2.0 become too powerful?RE: Has Social 2.0 become too powerful?We cover this very issue in detail on a constant basis from privacy concerns to safety issues for kids. Http://SocialStalking.comI had a look back over my most recent Tweets......to answer your question. I would say that I am...

Tags: SECURITY, Online Networking, Facebook, Social 2.0, network

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and ChryslerWell - Microsoft IS General MotorsDecades ago - Microsoft arrived - using a novel yet familiar business model.They rushed into new, immature markets with poorly designed products & aggressive marketing – and cornered us into accepting their design philosophies before we (or...

Tags: Microsoft Word, TVs, Word processors, TV & Home Theater, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp., TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Facebook security warning leaves users confused

Facebook today sent out a security warning to some of its users alerting them that their passwords have been changed due to alleged suspicious activities happening on their accounts. The email appears to be a reaction from the social network due to the newest appearance of Koobface,...

Tags: Facebook, Password, Security Warning, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Microsoft: Free anti-malware for all (Windows users)!

Microsoft: Free anti-malware for all Windows users!um...[i]Microsoft: Free anti-malware for all [b]Windows users[/b]![/i]Were you expecting them to make it available for OS X? Adding the "Windows users" seems a bit redundant to me, but hey.. to each his own.Should be part of the OSPutting malware protection in a separate...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Free anti-malware, WINDOWS USERS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, virus

Discussion threads 2008-11-20